We aren’t always aware of things that can sometimes be right in front of our eyes. With deception, illusion, and our own mental blind spots working against us. It would also seem there is much being hidden in plain sight, as well as right under our feet. In The Old Underground, already looked at some of the relics we are allowed to see and know of. Not painting a very savoury picture of what they say is the past, and quite probably is only a fraction of what there is to see down there. And In the Closet giving a view on a more adventurous set of entrances that are ‘hidden’ behind what looks to be an ordinary entrance.

A few ideas of this hidden entrance came together when I gave it thought. Of things put here and there within the conditioning and ‘entertainment’ to give a hint perhaps, as it is meant to.

Open sesame – a wall or rock face, looking solid and unbreakable. Yet just the right words will move the stone door aside. Wizards of old using spells and possibly frequency to manipulate matter, the door to the mines of Moria in Lord of the Rings springs to mind. Only revealed under moonlight and will only activate once the correct words are spoken.

Fake door in stone – I saw a vid of someone saying they had found a fake entrance unto a mountainside on their property. A door with hinges made to look like rock as you expect on a movie set perhaps.

Harry Potter – the first film when Hagrid taps on the wall to activate it, opening to lead them to the wizarding world. All the bricks suddenly turned and reformatting their position to create a way through.

Labyrinth – the whole film has hidden entrances, twists, and turns and surprises like the Winchester House in California. But at the very beginning of the film, it appears a solid brick wall is blocking the way, but that’s just how it seems. But once you look at it from a different perspective, the same wall looked very different without it changing. The idea behind it did.

Fake cactus & trees – part of the remodel of nature and the ensuing ‘tech rev’, there is a disguise to make it all more seamless. Antenna put inside fake cactus to blend in and go unnoticed. Fake tree ‘costumes’ also being used for some, quite bizarre really. But makes me wonder how many other things just appear to be something they are not. Hidden somewhat, but there to be seen if you are looking.

Truman Show – an elaborate portrayal of the world revolving around one person, and the great lengths they go to in order to maintain it. With a classic line of ‘everybody would have to be in on it’ being used to try and dissuade any thought towards the illusion.

The Upside Down – that creepy other world in Stranger Things, parallel to the topside of what they call normality. Hidden entrances to it appearing and disappearing and a crossover where it doesn’t stay underneath. Because just as something may be an entrance to us, it could be an exit for something else.

Mirrors and Fairgrounds – a creepy setting anyway, a strange hall of mirrors, where you can’t find your way out. Not hidden until you enter, then it’s you that becomes hidden from the outside world. All theme parks, carnivals, and fairs are similar, with that sinister undertone hidden behind the smiles, fun and bright colours. That’s The Ticket looking at how you might be enticed to want to see Behind the Curtain, but once you are there, it’s not always what you thought.

And that is where perhaps we need to take responsibility, for allowing illusions to continue and being such an active participant in them. Letting ourselves be amused, confused and entertained. But what for? Why is it we want to be deceived and bamboozled? That we run towards it and actually pay for the process in both time and money, wanting to be distracted but ending up being disturbed rather than entertained. Because maybe even though it appears to all be physical representations of a hidden entrance, it does seem to be about getting into your head as well, and psychologically you can end up Stuck in Mind, trying to find A Way Out. And it could well be that the answer, or what we seek really is right there in front of us, we just need to understand what we are looking at or look at it with a fresh pair of eyes as they say. Like the old wizard said in the film Willow, ‘Forget all you know, or think you know…”

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